The Opelousas courier., 1887-12-03
CURRENT GOSSIP.

1t makes a great difference to a young mar
who Is counting .. girl whether she takes
great interest il his welfare or in his fare
well.
There is q mind cure medical college II
Rutlsld, VT, which issues Diplomas. Il.
graduates csn use the letters M. ID. aftel
fheIr names. and say that they mean Mine
Doctor. Then nobody can touch them.
AS soon as . new baby makes its appear
ance In the utterly-utter circles Of Chicago,
| engraved cards are sent out announcing the
important arrival. In order that there NAV
be no delay in this announcement, two sets
or cards are prepared beforehand, one bear
| Ing a feminine naIne, the other o masculine
| one.
Fine stationery, - says q leading jeweler.
has become an important branch of our
pus1ness. Here's aaother .whim of the trade
'dripless' candle! OF course YOU are sur.
prlsed: but fancy candles are now a nart of
the stationery business. I can't tell you how
they are naade-.thati is u secret: but they
drop of their material"
When Thomas Mast was in Kansas City re-
Gently he was annoyed by the rtldeness OF
the eleyator boy, and said .as much. On q
later visit the boy was all politeness, and
asked MI. Mast for his unique autograph.
Mf. Mast drew him q hasty pen and ink
sketch OF himself bowling d~eferentiaIiy to the
elevator boy. and wrote under the drawing !:
s.lnose who elevate others must be polite
bGg 1[dIG q lEG5DAs
There ii a key in q Market street window,
says the philadelphia Gfites, which hundreds
OF People stop to look at every dry. It ID
prettlly draped in Japanese silk and lis filled
With japanese pOt-pouTri, q MIXTURE tina
must be new TO most people, for nearly every
one asks II it is some extraordinary kind of
tea. The merchant smiles at this, for The
pom is 9 deliciously perfnTsed mass
Of dried rose leaves aud buds vioiets,
lavender flowers, sweet gums, ETC., and is
used for filling Japanese Jars and vases, and
b u scenting the room.
In her daily life Mrs. Dinah Mrlleck- Craik
ably nlethodical. Though many Of her
works appearcS IN periodicals, she would
never under any circumstances consent to n
beginning OF publication. before re work
was eIltIrely ont OF her hand, and what il
very singular. she. is said dr2ing the whole
course of her forty years, l4bors never to
nave begun writing anything which she did
not carry straight through, and it is believed
unfinished work intended for publication.
Indeed, everything she ever wrote with the
view TO publication has been published.
,ss5s q clergyman who is on the editorial
slaiL OF q religions paper Large churches
very high order of ability, which ID ali right:
Dut they l0oA for men who can preach q star
sermon every Sunday in the year. which is
u Wrong. 10 use 2 newspaper illustration,
loaded sermons u week year in and year out.
breaks down or is drives to annrnnr;at sas4tSS HI
striking thoughts, II not the wprdss If othaT
preachers. Ia The case of one c~Sarevma,
who was proved to have Ma Ia ] gu
years ago, / happen to know Thai he yas
tempted to do 50 because his nanv1a er = 9
q crack sermon from him every week and
he knew they would soon leave him If he did
not give It to them. or course, this does not
justify him, but Il lifts solne Of The blame
from his shoulders
The P~hfladeinhia Recora nf rr,aasd.v ~
says: Joseph Patterson. Who aecssisr,a III Il =